Tobacco pouch



May 18, 1937- H. o. HERMAN TOBACCO POUCH Filed June 24, 1935 /f/l/J.. 7////////// Patented May 1.8, 1.93?`

UNITED STATES TOBACCO POUCH Harry (y). Herman, Yeadon, Pa.

Application June 24,

2 Claims.

My. invention relates to a new and useful tobacco pouch and hasfor one of its.objects to provide a` container to receive a whole package of tobacco including the bag whereby the advantages of the bagare retained.

It is a well known fact that tobacco packedin paper bags having metalfoil or waxed paper linings keep the tobacco in better condition than many other types of receptacles because of the retention of the moisture in the tobacco. Therefore another object of the invention is to produce a tobacco pouch in which the paper bag containing the tobacco may be placed and the mouths of the bag and pouch so connected that each time the pouch mouth is opened the bag mouth will also be opened for access to the tobacco.

Another object of the present invention is to make a tobacco pouch with flaps on the inside of the mouth for insertion in the opened end of a bag located within the pouch whereby the bag will be held in place and the edges of the opened end retained in engagement with the walls of the pouch.

A further object of the invention is to produce a pouch of any desirable pliable material having a mouth including bendable lips carrying interior inwardly projecting flaps capable of being readily inserted into or withdrawn from the open end of a bag within pouch due principally to the bendability of said lips.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pouch with flaps having resilient properties in order to close the mouth of the pouch.

A still further object of my invention is to produce aps from spring metal so as to function as a mouth closure in addition to the holding of the bag in the pouch.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of the details of construction and combination of elements herein set forth and then designated by the claims.

In order thatl those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which:-

Fig. l is a perspective view of a tobacco pouch made in accordance with my invention and having a bag therein.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper end thereof illustrated in a closed position.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional View with the pouch and contained bag shown open.

1935, Serial N; 28,063

(Cl. 20G-41) Fig. 4 is a sectional view like Fig. 2, illustrating another way of providing ilaps.

Fig. is aperspective view of the upper end of a pouch of 'modified construction with the mouth open, and

Fig. 6 is a ViewV of Fig. 5 in a closed position.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, particular reference being rst had to Figs. 1 to 4` inclusive, I Il represents the pouch which may be made of any suitable pliable material such as cloth, leather, rubber or tough brous material and'may be of any desirable shape, size and proportions but preferably is of a size and shape to readily receive a tobacco package such as is generally sold to pipe smokers with the package having any great amount of p-layi. The tobacco package to which reference is made herein usually includes a paper bag II having a lining IIa of metal foil, waxed paper or other moisture resisting material in order to keep the tobacco I2 in a moist usable condition.

The open upper end or mouth of the pouch has oppositely disposed slits I3 extending downward a short distance from the upper edge to define lips I4 which are bendable along lines extending between the lower ends of said slits whereby the lips I4 are hinged relative to the main body portion of the pouch.

The mouth of the pouch is provided with interior inwardly projecting more or less flexible flaps I5 and more particularly said aps are carried by the lips I4. Said flaps I5 may be formed from integral parts of the pouch material, Fig. 2, by turning in ends of the material and sewing them to the pouch walls by rows of stitches I 6, leaving the lower major portions free for insertion in the opened end of the paper bag II.

If the material from which the pouch is made is very pliable and flaps of stiffer material are necessary or desirable, they may be produced as separate elements. Such a construction is illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the flaps I'I are shown as secured to the inside of the pouch mouth or to the lips I4 by rows of stitching I8. In order to give a nish to the edges of the pouch mouth or lips they may be folded in as at I9 to provide a hem and the flaps may be interposed between the pouch walls and the folded in parts and said folded in parts may be secured by the same rows of stitches that fasten the flaps I1 to the pouch lips.

By bending or flexing the lips I4 outward, the flaps may be easily withdrawn, the bag of tobacco inserted in the pouch and said ilaps replaced so as to project into the opened end of the bag. The engagement of the flaps with the tobacco bag will retain the latter in position and will open and close the mouth of the bag with the opening and closing of the mouth of the pouch. When the pouch is closed, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the tobacco bag is also practically closed and the tobacco will be kept in good condition and whenever the pouch is opened, a pipe can be inserted into the bag within the pouch for lling the pipe or the pouch can be tilted to empty a quantity of tobacco from the bag. The pouch mouth can be distended as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 by squeezing the pouch at the sides having the slits i3. The paper tobacco bag will not be displaced when the pouch is tilted or completely inverted because said bag is held in place -by the flaps which cannot accidentally swing out of the pouch. They must be forcibly withdrawn.`

In the modication illustrated in Figs. 5 and,

the flaps 29, for the purposes of illustration arev shown as produced from resilient material such as spring metal and are parts of a frame which includes two members having their ends hinged together at or adjacent their lower edges as indicated at 2l. By this arrangement the flaps will be urged together for closing the mouth of the pouch and the frame members can be swung back for withdrawing the flaps to permit insertion of a bag, having one end previously opened, into the pouch, after which the frame members are returned to their normal positions and the flaps will enter the vtobacco bag to hold it in place. By squeezing the pouch at the hinge points the frame members will be bowed outward, Fig. 5, to distend the mouth of the pouch without disengaging the flaps from the paper tobacco bag.

The mouth of the pouch may be held in closed position by any suitable fastening means and for purposes of illustration I have shown such fastening as the companion elements 22 and 23 of separable clasps.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:-

l. As an article of manufacture, a pouch including a body having a mouth, said body having oppositely disposed slits extending downwardly a short distance from the edge of the mouth to define lips capable of being swung outward, and flaps carried by the inner faces of said lips and projecting into the pouch body a distance approximately equal to the length of the slits for insertion in and engagement with the edges oi the opened end of a bag contained in said pouch.

2. A tobacco pouch having a mouth with separable lips, a spring metal frame attached to the inner surfaces of saidA lips and including two members hinged at their ends adjacent the lower edges, and flaps fashioned from said frame members and projecting into said pouch.

HARRY O. HERMAN. 

